* Gray says the current Marshall Tucker lineup has “a bunch of new stuff” written, estimating that “there’s probably about 40 songs” waiting to be recorded. Revolt Again.’ explores the conundrums of being a modern woman People love the music and want to hear it, so I keep it going.”Ĭolumn: WSU’s ‘Revolt. But we always knew Toy had great songs, and meaningful songs. We never could have imagined it would last this long, especially after we lost Tommy, and then Toy. It seems as if it just started yesterday, like I just got back from Vietnam. * Gray, 73, says by phone from Myrtle Beach that Marshall Tucker’s 50 years “have just flown by.
Nearly five decades later it’s a classic, a status shared by other tracks such as “Take the Highway,” “Fire on the Mountain” and the group’s sole Top 20 entry, “Heard It In a Love Song.” The group has suffered the deaths of founding members Toy and Tommy Caldwell and George McCorckle, but singer Doug Gray remains on board, steering Marshall Tucker through the “Long Hard Ride” that began so long ago… Marshall Tucker established itself near the top of the sub-genre early on, with its 1973 hit “Can’t You See” and its gold-certified debut album. The grass was green, and the tides were high as the Outlaws sang. The Allman Brothers Band’s success had paved the way for a corps of Southern Rock groups, with Marshall Tucker, formed in 1972, joined by the likes of Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Charlie Daniels Band, the Atlanta Rhythm Section, ZZ Top and Black Oak Arkansas, with more - Molly Hatchett, Wet Willie, Blackfoot and others - coming down the pike. Borden.The South was, as the song says, already doing it again when the Marshall Tucker Band blasted out of South Carolina 50 years ago. The band's current lineup consists of Gray on vocals, keyboard player, saxophonist and flautist Marcus James Henderson, guitarists Chris Hicks and Rick Willis, bassist Tony Black and drummer B.B. Most of the original band members had left by the mid-1980s to pursue other projects. They signed with Capricorn Records and in 1973 released their first LP, The Marshall Tucker Band.Īfter Tommy Caldwell was killed in an automobile accident in 1980, he was replaced by bassist Franklin Wilkie. The original lineup of the Marshall Tucker Band, formed in 1972, included lead guitarist, steel guitarist, vocalist, and primary songwriter Toy Caldwell (1947–1993), lead vocalist Doug Gray (born 1948), keyboard player, saxophone player, and flautist Jerry Eubanks (born 1950), rhythm guitarist George McCorkle (1947–2007), drummer Paul Riddle (born 1953), and bassist Tommy Caldwell (1949–1980). Lead vocalist Doug Gray remains the only original member still active with the band.
While the band had reached the height of its commercial success by the end of the decade, it has recorded and performed continuously under various lineups for 45 years. Noted for incorporating blues, country and jazz into its eclectic sound, The Marshall Tucker Band helped establish the Southern rock genre in the early 1970s. The Marshall Tucker Band is an American rock band from Spartanburg, South Carolina.
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